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Wednesday, October 15, 2025
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War on Harvard

He was wait-listed at Harvard as a high schooler. Now he’s a billionaire crucial to the university’s Trump negotiations.

Stephen Schwarzman has become a key go-between as the two sides resume talks to restore Harvard’s funding and resolve a litany of federal charges. Continue reading →

Money, Power, Inequality

Amid sweeping changes in federal student aid, student debt is harder to pay off than ever

Policy whiplash has left millions of borrowers unsure of how to repay their unpaid loans and who to ask for help. Continue reading →

Business

Under pressure from federal government, Fenway Health ends gender-affirming medical care for patients under 19

The community clinic, long a key institution for the LGBTQ+ community, treated 5,000 patients transgender patients in 2023, although its unclear how many were minors. Continue reading →

Elections

Maine Governor Janet Mills launches Senate bid, stressing electability and pledge to serve only one term

The race is poised to become one of the most closely watched contests in next year’s midterm elections. Continue reading →

Middle East

Israel says it has received the remains of 4 more deceased hostages as cuts to aid for Gaza loom

The latest transfer comes a day after Israel received the remains of four other hostages, and after Israel said it would cut aid into Gaza over Hamas' slow return of the deceased. Continue reading →

The Nation

Nation

Where Jews and Arab Americans live side by side, renewed but calibrated hope

For metropolitan Detroit — home to one of the largest Arab American populations in the United States and a vibrant, deeply rooted Jewish community — the cease-fire landed less as a celebration than as a shared, complicated quiet. Continue reading →

Politics

Trump honors Kirk with Presidential Medal of Freedom on what would be his 32nd birthday

The conservative activist was fatally shot last month while speaking at Utah Valley University. Continue reading →

Nation

Man, 95, leads a 100-member Taylor Swift fan club in his retirement home

It was his 32-year-old occupational therapist who introduced him to Swift’s music during a therapy session. Continue reading →

The World

World

US military kills 6 more people in 5th Caribbean strike, Trump says

The United States killed six men aboard a boat in international waters "just off the Coast of Venezuela," President Trump wrote on social media Tuesday, asserting without evidence that they had been transporting drugs. Continue reading →

World

Russia steps up assault on anti-war exiles, accusing them of terrorism

Russia's main intelligence agency on Tuesday announced a sweeping terrorism investigation into nearly two dozen anti-war Russians, escalating the Kremlin's onslaught against exiled critics of the invasion of Ukraine. Continue reading →

World

China wants foreign scientists

Prominent influencers have also stoked nationalism or xenophobia, claiming that China will be overrun by outsiders. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

Editorials

Globe endorsement: Miniard Culpepper for City Council in District Seven

The Roxbury pastor and retired housing official is the best choice to replace scandal-plagued Tania Fernandes Anderson. Continue reading →

OpEds

Is a new age dawning in the Middle East?

With Israel-Hamas cease-fire, there is reason for hope. Continue reading →

Letters

President Trump takes a giant diplomatic step

"The president has opened doors, not just to peace in the Middle East but to peace in the United States if he wants it," writes one reader. Continue reading →

Metro

Rhode Island

Plane was in flight for couple of minutes before crash on I-195 in Dartmouth that killed Rhode Island husband and wife

Thomas Perkins was a noted developer in Rhode Island, while his wife Agatha was a yoga instructor and personal trainer. Continue reading →

Politics

As rate hikes loom, Healey pressures oversight agency to review utility bill charges, remove those that aren’t ‘justified’

In a two-page letter Tuesday, Governor Maura Healey asked the Department of Public Utilities to review “each and every charge,” and determine whether it can be eliminated, reduced, or its impact pared back. Continue reading →

Politics

Citing ‘serious questions’ and ‘questionable spending,’ Mass. lawmakers move to hold back funding for sheriffs

Massachusetts lawmakers propose holding back $162 million for county sheriffs' offices in a spending bill, citing “questionable spending practices." Continue reading →

Sports

Patriots

Three up, three down, and three to watch for the Patriots in Week 7 against the Titans

Last Sunday’s win over the Saints was defined by Drake Maye’s ability to throw the ball downfield. Continue reading →

Red Sox

The aftermath of Orion Kerkering’s series-ending error is what’s truly important, and other thoughts

It would have been so easy to cast blame, to make Kerkering the scapegoat. Instead, we got amazing examples of empathy, leadership, and kindness. Continue reading →

Red Sox

How Pete Alonso would fit in Boston, and other observations from a reporter’s first season covering the Red Sox

Alonso, one of the preeminent sluggers of the decade, is looking for a new contract and perhaps a new team. Continue reading →

Business

Business

Under pressure from federal government, Fenway Health ends gender-affirming medical care for patients under 19

The community clinic, long a key institution for the LGBTQ+ community, treated 5,000 patients transgender patients in 2023, although its unclear how many were minors. Continue reading →

Business

French prime minister will suspend a pension reform to avoid government collapse

The pension change gradually raises the retirement age from 62 to 64. Opposition parties want it scrapped. Continue reading →

Business

Slowdown in US hiring suggests economy still needs rate cuts, Fed’s Powell says

Powell said in a speech in Philadelphia that “the outlook for employment and inflation does not appear to have changed much since our September meeting.” Continue reading →

Obituaries

Obituaries

John Searle, philosopher who wrestled with AI, dies at 93

Mr. Searle was an uncompromising and wide-ranging philosopher who was best known for a thought experiment he formulated, decades before the rise of ChatGPT, to disprove that a computer program by itself could ever achieve consciousness. Continue reading →

Obituaries

D’Angelo, Grammy-winning R&B singer who became an icon with ‘Untitled (How Does It Feel),’ dies

The singer’s family confirmed in a statement Tuesday that he died after a prolonged battle with cancer. Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

Pop Culture

Michael Sandel, Harvard professor of government, wins $1 million Berggruen Prize

The annual prize is given “to a thinker whose ideas are shaping human self-understanding to advance humankind.” Continue reading →

Movies

Sibling art forgers, coming of age sagas, and more at the 17th Boston Asian American Film Festival

Catch a film about Boston's Chinatown, as well as a new film with Kelly Marie Tran. Continue reading →

Food & Dining

For barbecue fans, a destination on Route 1

Where there’s smoke, there’s Blondie’s excellent brisket. Continue reading →